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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I am sure that I have read this book before perhaps with another title? It reads very similar to the My Story series. Roddy lies about his age so that he can sign up as a newspaper boy after school during world war 2. It is 1942 Brisbane and he learns the hard way that each newspaper boy has their own "turf" for selling papers and that you can't stand on someone else's patch or you get beaten up. But then he discovers an Italian restaurant full of US soldiers on leave who want to read about the war. Short book suitable for upper primary and lower secondary. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Nine-year-old city newspaper seller Roddy becomes involved in the infamous Battle of Brisbane in 1942: when American and Australian servicemen fought against each other, rioting in the streets of the city for two days.When Roddy helps an American serviceman who's been involved in the fighting, he never expects that the battle will become covered up - a wartime secret. Never to be reported in the newspapers he sells. Or that his actions will result in a new life for him after the war - all the way to the USA.A fast-moving historical novel for middle-grade readers by multi-award-winning author Pamela Rushby. No library descriptions found. |
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